From: patrickdk at patrickdk dot com Operating system: Ubuntu PHP version: 5.2.11 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: global vs static usage
Description: ------------ the global modifier causes http 500 errors but doesn't produce any syntax errors or other messages when used incorrectly. It's behavure isn't documented and is described next to static that works differently. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php global $test=true; Expected result: ---------------- It should give a syntax error, and manual should be updates to explain assigning a value on the global declaration isn't valid, unlike with static. Actual result: -------------- php-cgi test.php Status: 500 Internal Server Error X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.11 Content-type: text/html -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49713&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49713&r=mysqlcfg
